LOCAL 1164 UNION MEMBERS MEETING
The next general members meeting is scheduled for Saturday April 13, 2019 in Worcester, MA. Actual location TBD. Lunch starts at 12:00 PM and the meeting runs from 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM.

The following is a letter delivered to the union today concerning the Executive Orders dated 5-25-2018. Visit our Member Resources/Downloads/Executive Orders for the full text of the notice and actual orders. Stay tuned for more news on this:
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SOCIAL SECURITY

June 5, 2018

NUC/AFGE-2018-784

Mr. Witold Skwierczynski, Spokesperson

SSA/AFGE General Committee

P.O. Box 47638

Baltimore, MD 21244-7638

Mr. Skwierczynski:

On May 25, 2018, President Trump issued three Executive Orders (enclosed) addressing matters of significance to the federal labor relations community. In accordance with the Federal Service Labor-Management Relations Statute, Article 4 of the expired 2012 SSA-AFGE National Agreement, and the three Executive Orders, this is notice of the Agency’s decision to implement all three Orders effective July 9, 2018.

The Agency recognizes that there are various issues addressed in these Orders that are also contained in the expired 2012 SSA-AFGE National Agreement. However, as explicitly stated in the Agency’s December 2017 Notice to Terminate the National Agreement, the Agency retained the right to propose changes, independent of term negotiations, to any of the negotiable articles in the National Agreement, as well as MOUs (including the parties’ 2018 Ground Rules MOU), Supplemental Agreements, or any other written agreement.

Therefore, effective July 9, 2018, the Agency proposes to revise the following Articles, as well as any other Articles implicated by the Executive Orders, in the expired 2012 SSA-AFGE National Agreement and the parties’ 2018 Ground Rules MOU to adhere to the Executive Orders.

Article 3

Employee Rights

Article 4

Negotiations During the Term of the Agreement on Management Initiated Changes

Article 5

Union Initiated Mid-Term Bargaining

Article 8

Official Travel

Article 9

Health and Safety

Article 10

Hours of Work, Flextime, Alternate Work Arrangements and Credit Hours

Article 11

Union Use of Official Facilities and Communications

Article 16

Training and Career Development

Article 17

Monetary Awards

Article 18

Equal Employment Opportunity

Article 20

Child Care and Elder Care

Article 21

Performance

Article 23

Disciplinary and Adverse Actions

Article 24

Grievance Procedures

Article 25

Arbitration Procedures

Article 26

Merit Promotion

Article 29

Union-Management Meetings

Article 30

Official Time

Article 31

Time and Leave

Article 40

Alternative Dispute Resolution

Article 41

Telework

The Agency intends to provide additional information regarding the specific changes to the expired 2012 National Agreement prior to the July 9, 2018 implementation date. In addition, the Agency will adhere to the 2018 Ground Rules MOU until it is modified through the statutory bargaining process.

In the interim, please contact Jack Leiby, OLMER Senior Advisor, at 312-575-4432 with any questions.